April 2014
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The decline and fall of Islamic science
A short comment doubting that conservative Islam alone halted Middle Eastern science, followed by an extract noting the region produces about 4% of the world’s scientific literature, and recalling that…
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(slow) Train to Ernakulam
A comment on an Okha-Ernakulam express that was routed hundreds of kilometres on the wrong track via Solapur and Gulbarga without any official noticing until the passengers did.
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Vijay-anna ki Pulitzer vijay
The poster congratulates the poet Vijay Seshadri on his Pulitzer Prize, links earlier Sepia Mutiny coverage, and raises the case of a publisher blacklisting a star author for politically incorrect…
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Coastal Leader for a prosperous India
The author argues that India’s leaders have mostly come from the north, far from the coast, and welcomes the writer Joe D’Cruz’s endorsement of Narendra Modi as a coastal leader…
